APHG Agriculture
which of the following countries has most benefitted from the Green Revolution?
China
use the following to answer question 43. Mexico City in central Mexico is closer to the equator than Houston, Texas. Its average summer temperatures are cooler than Houston's. What best explains this?
Mexico City has a higher elevation than Houston
a common criticism of agribusiness is that it has
discouraged people in poorer countries from raising a variety of nutritious crops
according to the von thunen model, the most important determinant of the location of agriculture production is the
distance between the consuming center and the production site
the Green revolution
increases output through use of high-yeilding crop varieties and altered management practices
which of the following is the best general description of farming practices today in developing countries?
almost all farmers still practice intensive subsistence agriculture
which is not an example of a primary economic activity?
corn flake production
the type of agriculture most associated with the area shaded gray on the map is
livestock ranching
which of the following fields of study has been most directly shaped by von Thunen's model?
location theory
All of the following statements about shifting or swidden cultivation are true EXCEPT
low initial yeilds are followed by steadily increasing productivity that peaks at about ten years
the form of agriculture that refers to a particular climate is
mediterranean
which commodity would be found closest to the market town in von Thunen's model?
milk
the most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world's agricultural areas is
nucleated
the most common worldwide pattern of agricultural settlement is
nucleated settlement
the size of milkshed areas around major cities has grown in recent years primarily because
of the invention and use of refrigerated rail cars and trucks
Geographer Lee Liu studying the spatial patterns of agriculture in parts of China, found soils in intensively used fields near villages were
over used and of poor fertility
which of the following in not characteristic of intensive subsistence agriculture?
plots of land are usually large
all of the following are characteristics of modern industrial agriculture except
predictable market prices from time of planting till harvest
wherever practiced, subsistence farming is oriented toward
risk minimization
the farming practices of enclosure and crop rotation were important innovations of the
second agricultural revolution
a form of subsistence agriculure in which fields are rotated after short periods of crop production is
shifting cultivation
intertillage is most commonly associated with
shifting cultivation
the map above shows major tegion of the world where
shifting cultivation is common
which of the following areas does not have a mediterranean type climate?
southern florida
the lingering effect of colonial times on modern global agricultural patterns is reflected by the fact that people in poor countries
still produce mostly raw materials for trade to richer countries
Desertification has been a major consequence of overgrazing and overlanting of lands in
sub-sahara africa
Most scholars believe that seed cultivation (First Agricutural revolution) occurred in
the fertile crescent
Before the intervention of europeans, the societies practicing subsistence farming were quite equal because
the land was held in communal ownership
the diffusion in identified in # 45 above first began to impact world trade patterns during the
16th century
which of the following types of agriculture is most solidly based in horticulture?
Mediterranean agriculture
The major exported of corn in the world market today is
US
questions 49 and 50 are based on the following chart. Which of the following countries is most clearly an example of a post-industrial society?
United Kingdom
The shaded areas on the map above are part of a region known as the world's
breadbasket
in areas of shifting cultivation the population
cannot have a high density
Which of the following agricultural activities is widespread in the northeastern US and northwestern europe?
dairying
which of the following characterizes modern commercial agriculture?
farm sizes are quite large
Despite variations around the world, a village is defined ay the occupation of its inhabitants in
farming, herding and fishing
biotechnology is most often applied to modern agriculture by the use of
genetically altered crops
The long-lot survey system was developed with the major intent of
giving more people access to water transportation
Intensive subsistence agriculture is characterized by
high yields per unit of cultivated land
according to the Koppen-Geoger climate classification, the UK has a
humid temperate climate with no dry season and a cool summer
which of the following is not an example of subsistence agriculture?
hunting and gathering
all of the following statements about agriculture in commercial economic systems are true except
in response to low farm prices and corp surpluses, it is being replaced by midlatitude intensive subsistence farming and shifting cultivation
all of the following statement about nomadic herding are true except that it
is increasing in importance as a the population dependent on it increases
the diagram above illustrates an important scientific theory. What does this theory claim?
millions of years ago, earth's continents formed one giant continent
the supply curve indicates that as the price of a good increases
more of it will be offerred for sale
which of the following has the largest percentage of farmers in its workforce?
nigeria
an important reason why land plots tend to be smaller in southern europe than in norther europe is that in southern europe
primogeniture is less frequently practiced
use the following chart to answer questions 45 and 46. The diffusion of crops, other plants, and animals illustrated on the chart above was called
the columbian exchange
the first plants domesticated in southeast asia, which included taro, yam and tree cropss, were raised according to the practices of
vegetative planting